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Rage
by Richard Bachman
Definitely not my favorite King, but mercifully short and it oddly had a few really great quotes I'm keeping track of too. Oh ho ho we are teenage edgelord angsty today.~
The Good:
- Like I said, there were some absolute -winners- of quotes. King as a whole is insanely quotable and comes up with amazing lines in every book I read from him, and this is no exception. A short one I really liked is: "When you turn off the main road, you gotta be prepared to see some funny houses." when describing his fellow strange classmates' behavior in the situation they find themselves in.
- Main character - We've got a live one here folks, definitely the height of angsty teenage boy, filled with hormones and anger, but ultimately I didn't loathe him as much as I should have and in some places he was quite sympathetic, despite his actions.
-It was really short. Had it been longer I would have been given more time to like it even less.
The Bad:
- All the other characters. What fuckin' Kool-aid were they drinking and can I have some? I don't understand their behavior and actions at all. Like, Charlie was the most sane person in this classroom, and what the fuck is up with that? If it was intentional, well done King because holy hell...
-Plot - I don't know what I was expecting here, but whatever it was I didn't get it. I assumed there was going to be a lot more deaths than there were and I still don't know what the point of everything was. Lots of rambling going on, and trust me, I loved The Long Walk, so I adore a good Stephen King ramble, but this one was so not it for me.
The Ugly:
- TW school shooting, violence, suicidal ideation, underage sexual encounters, child abuse (physical, not sexual).
Overall I can't say I recommend this one to anyone. It definitely reeks of the truth that King wrote it at an extremely young age (while in high school or shortly into college, I believe), but there are a few worthy nuggets for perusal if you can stand to read a novella-length work of overall meh/wtf-ness for them. If you can find it anyways, that is. Factoid that this book is no longer in print at all going on decades because of real-life school shooters having a copy of it and King pulling it due to feeling a personal responsibility for any influence it may have had on real-life events. You can only find very expensive older single copies or equally expensive older copies of a bind-up of The Bachman Books (which is what I own). Typically all are going for over 100$, but I found a copy at my local used book store for 35$, so I snatched it up. Even though this wasn't my favorite story, I look forward to reading Roadwork and The Running Man later on in my journey through Stephen King within this volume.
Current King Rankings in order of Enjoyment:
1. The Long Walk
2. The Stand
3. The Shining
4. 'Salem's Lot
5. Four Past Midnight
6. Carrie
7. The Gunslinger
8. Rage
The Good:
- Like I said, there were some absolute -winners- of quotes. King as a whole is insanely quotable and comes up with amazing lines in every book I read from him, and this is no exception. A short one I really liked is: "When you turn off the main road, you gotta be prepared to see some funny houses." when describing his fellow strange classmates' behavior in the situation they find themselves in.
- Main character - We've got a live one here folks, definitely the height of angsty teenage boy, filled with hormones and anger, but ultimately I didn't loathe him as much as I should have and in some places he was quite sympathetic, despite his actions.
-It was really short. Had it been longer I would have been given more time to like it even less.
The Bad:
- All the other characters. What fuckin' Kool-aid were they drinking and can I have some? I don't understand their behavior and actions at all. Like, Charlie was the most sane person in this classroom, and what the fuck is up with that? If it was intentional, well done King because holy hell...
-Plot - I don't know what I was expecting here, but whatever it was I didn't get it. I assumed there was going to be a lot more deaths than there were and I still don't know what the point of everything was. Lots of rambling going on, and trust me, I loved The Long Walk, so I adore a good Stephen King ramble, but this one was so not it for me.
The Ugly:
- TW school shooting, violence, suicidal ideation, underage sexual encounters, child abuse (physical, not sexual).
Overall I can't say I recommend this one to anyone. It definitely reeks of the truth that King wrote it at an extremely young age (while in high school or shortly into college, I believe), but there are a few worthy nuggets for perusal if you can stand to read a novella-length work of overall meh/wtf-ness for them. If you can find it anyways, that is. Factoid that this book is no longer in print at all going on decades because of real-life school shooters having a copy of it and King pulling it due to feeling a personal responsibility for any influence it may have had on real-life events. You can only find very expensive older single copies or equally expensive older copies of a bind-up of The Bachman Books (which is what I own). Typically all are going for over 100$, but I found a copy at my local used book store for 35$, so I snatched it up. Even though this wasn't my favorite story, I look forward to reading Roadwork and The Running Man later on in my journey through Stephen King within this volume.
Current King Rankings in order of Enjoyment:
1. The Long Walk
2. The Stand
3. The Shining
4. 'Salem's Lot
5. Four Past Midnight
6. Carrie
7. The Gunslinger
8. Rage